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Photos: Festival faces

The Renaissance Festival, in its second year at Indian Ladder Farms in New Scotland, attracted 1,246 visitors on Saturday with more expected the next day, according to organizer Dan Bader.

VCSD gets good grades on school report card

by Jo E. Prout

Common Core testing introduced a fifth, or elite, level of mastery, whereas students used to be graded on a scale of 1 to 4, the Voorheesville superintendent told the school board this month.

A natural buffer gives way

by Jo E. Prout

Flooding from a collapsed beaver’s dam closed Route 443 near Route 85 on Wednesday, but public safety and public works teams cleared the road soon after.

A closer look at Westerlo building upgrades lets off steam

by Marcello Iaia

One of the more persistent concerns from residents was on the maintenance of the new, $1.8 million highway garage, so it would last longer.

Fresina, a Brit in Berne, spins romances set in ages past

by Elizabeth Floyd Mair

BERNE — Jayne Fresina of Berne has had a total of 15 historical romance novels published to date, and all of them since 2011. All are available online, and six are available in print.

Mistrial declared in harassment case

by Marcello Iaia

Defense attorney Paul Van Ryn complained that a witness changed her story so he wasn't able to prepare for the trial held in Berne on June 15.

McGeeney turns blog into a book

by Jo E. Prout

Altamont resident and Voorheesville alumna Makayla-Courtney McGeeney published a collection of diary entries and blog posts.

Cocaine in car trunk leads to 7 years in prison

GUILDERLAND — A Utica man was sentenced to seven years in state prison on Friday in Albany County Court for possession of cocaine.

Police charge Lavallo for January Xtra Mart robbery

GUILDERLAND — An Amsterdam man was arrested last week five months after he allegedly robbed a convenience store at gunpoint.

Gregory J. Lavallo, 25, of 12 McNeir Ave., Amsterdam, was arrested at the Guilderland Police Department on June 4, after a joint investigation between Guilderland and the Rotterdam Police Department.

Photos: Gala honors the gallant

At the annual Chamber of Commerce gala, businesses were honored for making Guilderland more beautiful and their owners were lauded for leadership and kindness.

Photos: Fair with flair from around the globe

Each year, in what looks like it could be a session from the United Nations, students who have come to school at Guilderland from many foreign lands, gather together with their families for a shared meal.

Photos: Past prints are priceless

Visitors to the Schoolcraft Cultural Center on Sunday perused artwork, and went back in time listening to the classical sounds of of flute, played by Caitlin Ippolito, and guitar, by Marcello Iaia.

Cardona to run for the 29th, Centi added to Guilderland's Democratic slate

by Anne Hayden Harwood

Rosemary Centi has worked as Guilderland's town clerk and David Cardona has been a village trustee and a chief court clerk.

Photos: Little people, big hearts

Raising money was the goal, jailbreak was the game last Friday afternoon at Guilderland Elementary in Guilderland to help raise funds to fight cystic fibrosis, a genetic disorder that often affects the lungs. Two Guilderland students — second-grader Avery Schorr, and fourth-grader Braeden Schorr — have cystic fibrosis.

Photos: Science unbound

Inspiring future scientists, Clayton A. Bouton High School students in Ted Simon’s Advanced Placement physics class held a festival on June 7 to launch their weather balloon and get kids excited about science and technology. A balloon with a payload is to reach 100,000 feet as video cameras film the journey and the curvature of the Earth.

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